Proposal: Increase Gym Mon Limit

So I was reading this thread and wasn't going to respond, but then as I read my face did this:



So I'm going to write a lot now and it's going to be tl'dr. SORRY.

Well, it IS their job to not suck, and most of them do it quite well already. As Roulette said, I'm pretty sure most people (especially those who've had one type they've stuck with for a long time) have positive records. Most niche Pokemon are unnecessary and as has already been said, there are only a few types with more useful Pokemon that can be added to their lineup. Those types have enough good Pokemon already. I remember with Violet (AFTER I stopped sucking, thank you very much ;D ) I mostly used Dragonite, Blaziken, and then something else random like Togekiss. I used about 5 Pokemon overall in a type that has many good Pokemon.

Don't know what this has to do with having 15 Pokemon seeing as for most types there's a few that you pretty much NEED. Infernape for Fire, Whimsicott for Grass, etc, etc. Nobody's going to think you any less of a gym leader for not bringing a Crawdaunt to your Water gym.

Except for the newbies who will look at your hoard of Pokemon and cry themselves to sleep because they own a Furret and a Gyarados.

He'll say no to it, because he's in charge. This is wonderful reasoning and I commend you for it. That's the only reason I quoted this.

I do agree with this and admit that it would actually be pretty cool to use some of the Pokemon that wouldn't normally be useful. Things like Tropius for Flying or Musharna for Psychic (I don't actually know if that sucks or not, I'm just guessing). However, it would make some gyms (once again the aforementioned Flying and Water) too powerful. There are other types with a lot too, but I'm more familiar with those and don't want to comment on anything that I have no experience with, like Poison or something.

I'm cool with this idea if we give it some more consideration to make sure nothing crazy will come out of it.

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Because the reasoning is it's a Dragon not a Fire monster. As far as Dragonite for Water WC, I think the reasoning is that it's pretty much canon that Dragonite and its pre evolutions live in the ocean or around the ocean or something. Not exactly solid reasoning, but I am neutral as to whether or not Dragonite is a WC for that gym or not. I also wouldn't mind Salamence being a Fire WC, but this is the reasoning, to my knowledge.

Because all the cool kids are doing it, like you ;D



In the end, to be fair, I think both sides have their pros and cons, I'm just leaning pretty far to the no more Pokemon side. I think 12 is plenty for any gym. I would accept Neon's idea of picking between a WC and extra Pokemon and if we did that also perhaps using MK's idea of banning duplicate Pokemon. OKAY I'M DONE NOW.

 

ITT: everyone repeating everyone repeating everyone repeating everyone

 

I'm going to avoid that and just answer a few questions, seeing as this is mostly wrapped up.

That is both untrue and insulting. I told Chainy to post a thread even though I disagreed. I wanted to hear what the rest of URPG has to say. Of course, I oppose it and I am going to argue against it. Its not only my opinion that I care about.

We're phasing out silly wild cards, that's why. Dragonite is getting the boot too, even though it makes more sense than Mence anyway. Mence learns a total of 3-4 fire moves, which are all very common.

 

That's why I said I wasn't arguing; I said I was just going to state my two cents, because ultimately you've made your decision from what you said before. Therefore I wasn't going round and round with everyone since everyone isn't who makes the decision. That would be silly, as Jr pointed out.

 

Just because I have a defined opinion about something does not mean I have decided on a plan of action. That's part of being a Mod and a Section Head. I can hold opinions, but ultimately, I'm supposed to do what the URPG public approves of. An exception, where they are asking for something horrifically self-destructive, is very rare.

 

And that's fair, but as you've pointed out when you've held your side, it seems very likely which way you're going to go, instead of drifting somewhere in the middle. I don't think you'll change your mind drastically in the space of a few posts XD

Maybe work soured my words a bit. If I offended you I apologize. Wasn't any harm meant, just stating what I saw was the obvious.

 

No problem, apology accepted ^_^

Anyway, this thread seems to be turning mostly toward Wild Card debates and the issue appears to be settled. We will not be adding pokemon to the Gym Lineup Limit.

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